Creative Christmas Art Projects for Kids (2025) — Fun Festive Activities & Meaningful Gifts

The Christmas season is the perfect time to slow down, get creative, and enjoy meaningful moments with the kids in your life — whether they’re your children, grandchildren, students, nieces, nephews, or visiting cousins. Fun Christmas art projects not only keep kids happily engaged, but also help them express themselves, build confidence, and create memories you’ll treasure.

Below, you’ll find simple, fun, budget-friendly Christmas art activities for kids and teens, along with a meaningful gift idea that inspires creativity long after the holidays.

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🎨 Festive Christmas Art Projects for Kids (Fun, Easy & Affordable)

These creative Christmas crafts use simple supplies and can entertain the whole family for hours. Many pair beautifully with Artventure’s Christmas-themed drawing lessons, available with a FREE trial.

✉️ 1. Handmade Christmas Cards (A Classic Kids’ Art Activity)

Handmade cards are a beautiful way for kids to express their creativity — and they make meaningful gifts for grandparents, teachers, friends, and neighbours.

What you need: coloured paper, markers, stickers, ribbon, glue, anything in your craft drawer.

Try this:
Artventure offers step-by-step lessons for:

• Santa

• Reindeer

• Elves

• Christmas trees

• Baubles

• Gingerbread characters

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🎄 2. DIY Christmas Ornaments (Treasured Keepsakes)

Homemade ornaments are unforgettable and can be brought out every Christmas for years to come.

Make ornaments with:

• Salt dough

• Cardboard shapes

• Air-dry clay

• Recycled items (bottle caps, cardboard tubes, leftover craft scraps)

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🍬 3. Gingerbread House Decorating (Festive & Messy Fun)

Let kids design their own gingerbread house — the messier, the better!

If you don’t have a gingerbread kit available, try the how to draw a gingerbread person lesson in Artventure as a fun alternative.

❄️ 4. Holiday Window Art (Bring Christmas Magic to Your Street)

Using washable window markers or paints, kids can decorate windows with:

• Snowflakes

• Santa

• Reindeer

• Stars

• Christmas trees

• Entire winter scenes

(Australian kids especially love drawing snowy scenes — even when it’s 40°C outside!)

✨ All of these characters appear inside the Artventure Christmas lesson library.

🌲 5. Collaborative Christmas Tree Wall Art (Perfect for Families)

Create a big Christmas tree shape using butchers paper or poster board. Each day, kids make a new “ornament” to add:

• Drawings

• Stars

• Paper chains

• Pom-poms

• Collage art

This becomes a growing, evolving masterpiece all season long.

🦌 6. Reindeer Handprints (A Heart-Melting Classic)

Paint your child’s hand brown and stamp it on paper. Add googly eyes, antlers, and a red pom-pom nose.

Great for:

• Christmas cards

• Keepsakes

• Gifts for grandparents

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🎨 Try our step-by-step reindeer drawing lesson inside Artventure.

🎅 7. “Santa’s Workshop” Craft Station (A Holiday Hit)

Set up a mini craft area with:

• Paper

• Scissors

• Glue

• Stickers

• Glitter

• Ribbon

• Pipe cleaners

Let the kids create:

• Paper snowflakes

• Wreaths

• Santa faces

• Elves

• Mini gift boxes

• Recycled craft decorations

Perfect for siblings and cousins during family gatherings.

📚 8. Holiday Storybook Illustrations (Reading + Creativity)

Read a Christmas book together, then have your child draw:

• Their favourite character

• A scene from the story

• An alternate ending

This activity builds creativity, comprehension, and storytelling skills.

✨ Artventure has Christmas lessons that pair well with popular holiday books.

🌟 9. DIY Snow Globes (A Magical Christmas Craft)

Use recycled jars, water, glitter, glycerin (optional but helps glitter fall slowly), and mini waterproof figurines.

Kids love creating:

• Snowmen scenes

• Santa landscapes

• Mini winter towns

These homemade snow globes make beautiful keepsakes.

💛 Why Christmas Art Projects Matter

Creative Christmas activities help kids:

• Feel calm and focused

• Express emotions

• Build confidence

• Develop fine motor skills

• Take pride in their work

• Create gifts for people they love

Art brings joy, connection, and creativity to the entire holiday season — especially when shared together.

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• Calming, creative screen time

• Hundreds of step-by-step videos

• New lessons added regularly

• Learning at their own pace

Perfect for:

• Christmas

• Birthdays

• School holidays

• Kids who have “too many toys”

• Young artists and creative teens

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🎨 Start Creating Christmas Memories Today

Whether you choose one project or try them all, these festive art ideas help turn Christmas into a colourful, joyful, creativity-filled season.

So gather some supplies, set up a small crafting space, and enjoy making Christmas magic with the kids in your life.

Happy crafting — and Merry Christmas! 🎄✨